The KNUJ Hometown Hero for the month of July is Richard Hellendrung of rural Fairfax. Richard is being honored for his 50 years and more than one million miles of violation-free school bus driving. Hellendrung …

A busy summer of festivals and events around the local area continues this weekend with several celebrations taking place. The City of Madelia is holding it’s annual Park Days festivities this weekend. There’s also the …

On Sunday, a quick-thinking New Zealand police officer instructed beachgoers to form a human chain, which saved a 12-year-old boy from drowning. Josh McQuoid was playing with friends in shallow waters at Marine Parade …

Citizens and visitors in Kariba, a resort town in Northern Zimbabwe, are being asked to take extra precautions about where they walk, as rogue lions have already killed two people near the suburb. Zimbabwe’s National …

After committing herself to the role of a Junior Ranger, imagine young Evie’s horror when realized she accidently took two sticks out of Yosemite National Park. She’d broken the cardinal rule of all national parks: …

At some point nearly everyone comes across something valuable that doesn’t belong to him and is faced with the age old dilemma of whether to give it back or follow the ‘finders keepers’ philosophy. Billy …